After practicing for a day and a night, Guo Huai was worried that his parents would not be able to find him, so he hurriedly returned to the county town.
Seeing Guo Huai back safely, Guo's father and mother did not ask why he left suddenly, but just told him to tell them next time he went out.
Guo Huai had an idea since he was a child, and his parents knew it too.
After staying in the county for more than ten days, Guo Huai heard rumors outside that the leader of the refugee army had been killed by a martial arts master, and the refugee army dispersed and went to various places to eat.
This short-term crisis was finally resolved. Guo Huai told his parents not to go back to the countryside, but to stay in the city first. After all, the county town was relatively safe.
Guo Huai could not practice peacefully in the city. After communicating with his parents, he resolutely went to Niutoushan, 800 miles away, to practice with great concentration.
There is no time in the mountains. The leaves on the trees turn from green to yellow, and from yellow to green, showing their changes every year.
Guo Huai practiced hard day and night, either practicing internal strength or practicing boxing and kicking.
Living in the mountains with birds and beasts all day long, wearing ragged clothes and bare feet.
When he was hungry, he hunted some wild animals and roasted them. When he was thirsty, there was pure spring water in the mountains. He also found traces of animals licking on a rock wall. Guo Huai ran to see that there were salt crystals growing on the rock wall. There is no need for Yan to leave the mountain now.
Unknowingly, the leaves in the mountains have turned yellow three times.
Guo Huai sat on a stone and looked up at the stars. He came to the mountains and practiced hard for three years. In one year, he mastered the Dragon Yin Iron Cloth Shirt and his martial arts reached the fifth level.
Tiger Roaring Golden Bell has been practicing for almost two years. His martial arts has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years, and now he has reached the second level.
The two light-body exercises, the light-body leap skill and the land flying skill, have been practiced to a small level. In the boxing category, you can practice acupuncture with twelve hands and Yin Yang and Five Elements Boxing to a small degree.
The acupoint sealing technique and the blood sealing technique are relatively simple and have been practiced to great perfection.
The remaining Tiangang Lu Shui Gong, Thousand Gold Falling Kung Fu, Five Thunder Lightning Hands and Cinnabar Ecstasy Palm can only be practiced by those with innate talent or above.
The so-called quiet and restless Guo Huai, who is already thirteen years old, has grown to more than seven feet tall, which is about the same height as an average adult man.
Three years of training his will in the mountains and wilderness also made his face less childish and more mature.
Anyone who saw him now would not believe that he was only a thirteen-year-old child. He was obviously an adult.
Guo Huai looked at the cave where he had lived for three years. There were still a few animal skins inside. His long sword was broken not long ago due to stress and was thrown here. There is nothing to miss now.
After packing a little something, Guo Huai used his light body leaping skill and ran and jumped in the forest as fast as lightning. He was so fast that he couldn't see his true body, only afterimages.
After going down the mountain, Guo Huai identified the direction and used the land flying technique. He ran very fast. This technique was very suitable for long-term attacks.
It is said that the Xiantian Grandmaster can run three thousand miles in a day using this technique, and no one else on horseback can catch up with him.
At this time, Guo Huai could run one hundred and twenty miles in an hour, so he soon arrived at the county seat of Huaxian County. He saw that the county seat was slightly dilapidated, but he did not see the refugees and bandits everywhere. Instead, there were more people at the city gate. It was guarded by officers and soldiers.
The officer at the city gate looked at Guo Huai, whose clothes were in tatters, his hair was disheveled and his feet were bare, looking like a savage.
He immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Where is this beggar from? Get out of here!"
Guo Huai ignored him, walked to the city gate first, and punched the city wall. Guo Huai punched a hole as big as a human head in the brick-covered wall.
He turned to look at the officer who scolded him: "Can I enter the city now?"
The officer immediately apologized with a mournful face and said: "The villain is ignorant and has offended the hero. Please forgive me! Of course you can enter the city."
Guo Huai was too lazy to meet him, so he asked, "When did the officers and soldiers come back?"
The officer said cautiously: "I don't know something, my hero. Last year, the Seventh Prince came with an army, armed with knives and food. The refugees returned to their places of origin after receiving the food."
Seeing that Guo Huai looked calm and not angry, the officer said boldly: "It's strange to say that when His Highness the Seventh Prince came, he not only calmed down the civil unrest, but it also rained heavily one after another, and the refugees returned to their places of origin to farm. went!"
"Did the city of Zaoyang County next door be destroyed during the turmoil?" Guo Huai asked.
The officer lamented: "Zaoyang County has not been destroyed, but all the villages and towns below have been defeated by the refugees. If the leader of the bandits, the King of Troubled Times, had not been suddenly killed, and the local refugees were leaderless, Zaoyang County would not have been saved!"
Seeing that Guo Huai was very interested in these issues, the officer told him all the information he knew: "Since the year before last, civil unrest has been everywhere in Shaanxi Province. People who can't survive have joined the bandits."
"Dozens of counties in the entire southern part of Shaanxi Province were captured. Hongcheng County in the north was captured first, followed by Baishui County, Hengshan County, Yulin County, and Zhongyang County. The prefects ran to death!"
Guo Huai asked again, "Has the entire Shaanzhou been pacified now?"
The officer respectfully replied: "The only thing left is Hongcheng County that I just mentioned has not yet been recovered. The bandit leader there is said to be a martial arts master and has many martial arts people under his command. Last year, when the momentum was at its peak, they occupied half of Shaanxi Province. Already, He got the bandit name of 'King of Shaanxi', and His Highness the Seventh Prince is still there with an army to fight against him!"
Guo Huai took out some broken silver from his sleeve and said coolly: "This is for you!"
The servant took the money and expressed his sincere gratitude. Guo Huai ignored him and took him into the city.
